Route53 instead of cloudflared?

[KalebSchmidlkofer]

Is it possible to use Route53 instead of cloudflared?

[khuedoan]

They have different purposes:

• Route53: DNS provider, similar to Cloudflare DNS
• cloudflared (Cloudflare Tunnel): expose services to the internet without port forwarding

If you want to change DNS provider, you can change it in External DNS config:

https://github.com/khuedoan/homelab/blob/674e7e650553e665cd496760ea271a5bd20baf4a/system/external-dns/values.yaml#L1-L2

If you want to change tunnel provider, there are some alternatives like Tailscale Funnel, Ngrok, Inlets, etc.

(Also you can use Cloudflare Tunnel with Route53, you don't have to use Cloudflare DNS to use Cloudflare Tunnel)

[khuedoan]

See also:

• https://homelab.khuedoan.com/how-to-guides/alternate-dns-setup
• https://homelab.khuedoan.com/how-to-guides/expose-services-to-the-internet

[KalebSchmidlkofer]

Thank you.